The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, January 03, 1920, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textt . , . ..:...! i tep mm leased wire report of t soclsted Presa, tb - S oort reliable r P jsoclstlon la ths -world., . THKlaVEivniKli. Fair. moderate easterly wjiuds. HIXTY-NIXTH YKAlt SAI,K5irOltWi-V. SATl IU.V MtmxTxtJ, J AXi:AItYOo2 --J.; ' r n -tt7 T1 im tin 1 nt it n riiu nruT ic rvrinwr rfllK HhAKlNU . " IS PROMISED 11 RADICALS 1 : 1 . z - - PRICK: ' 1 - ' J J Motion for Separate Trials of Men Involved in Recent Shooting of Service Men at v Centralia Denied BODILY HARM FEARED BY DEFENSE ATTORNEY ALLfGED THIEF ESCAPES ONeWoUNDED IN CHASE RrtEnUFlG. Or. Jan. !. Two men ving the names of .1. Walsh and Bed L. Johnson are under ar rest lre, and another, believed to be winded is at large, following their Ipprehension with al car be lieved to have been stolen from John iennetty of Selma. Cal. The third lumber of the party escaped rroni inewr quins and Constable Dillari after a thrilling fight yes terdajl Dillard emptied a revol ver atjtne fugitive with the result' that e man fell to the ground, but oijc-kly recovered, beat, off the officefand made his escape, Wiijpi claims to have come from Portlafl. Johnson Said Colorado Spring was bis address. PACT BREAK EXPECTED BY PARTY HEADS Senator Lodge Insists That Initial Move Toward Agree ment Should Come From Democratic Members LEGION MEN IN SESSION FIELD PROBLEMS TALKED LIVING COSTS AT ISSUE PORTLAND. Or.. Jan. 2. For the executive discussion of mutual problems and ways of solving them the nietnbers of the field staff of the Ioyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, representing several districts of the northwest, met in conference here today at the call of I'. L. Abbev. manager of the or ganization. Twenty-five men are engaged in the work and a major ity of them are here. The conference-will close tomorrow. GIRL SLAYER HELD INSANE BY PHYSCIAN Dr. Ross Moore, Noted Alien iit, Testifies for Harry New, Accused of Killing Freda Lesser, at Hearing THOUSANDS OF RADICALS TAI IN SYSTEMATIC RAIDS IN -ALL SECTIONS OF UNITED SI A i tb Federal Officers, Armed With John DoeWarrcnti, Round Up i Alleged Plotters Against GovernmentTwenty-five Larger Cities of Country Are Involved ; I .. .. "' , - EASTERN NEWSPAPER OFFICES ARE RANSACKED Judge Indicates He Will Al- ;t low mange or venue to Courts at Tacom; . MONTESANO, Wash.. an.t.T-Rep orate trials for the 11 allegcjd mem bers of lhe Industrial Worker of the World, charged with iiirder;.in connection' with Ihe ' Armisuice day ehooting at Centralia. Wash., were .denied today by Superior Judge John N. Wilson and the hearing on a ehanffe of venue to Tacoma J Wash .was continued to ten o'clock tomor row morning. Vanderveer told the court that he bau reliable information thai if any . of- the prlsotje'rs were acquitted they LEAGUE UPHED BY! COURTS OF NORTH DAKOTA ARTICLE TEN DECLARED PIVOT OF CONTROVERSY Frequent Conferences Indi cate Effort Is Being Made to Dispose of Issue would, neveit leave Grays Harbor ing was county Alive i - IkNliljr Harm U Fearett . lie declared that the feelli bo high in ROiithwestern Wafhtngton that a fair trial was Impossible there "or In any j small .community and that It had; been successfully, ar ranged to refuse lodging tb every witness or other person connected with the defense. ' Quoting Superior Judge Abel of lloquiam. who granted the; change of venue from Centralia toi Monte- nano. as his authority and also J. M. Phillips, an Aberdeen. Washj.,- attor- ney, Vandervcer ' stated numerous cases to support his claim oft serious ' prejudice on the part of residents of the conn' . T lie told the court that when It be came known that members! of the Industrial Workers of -the World ' fjtfltn-2 to find quarters, had 'planned to rent a hall In which to live dur ing the trial, word had been sent tbera that they did so. the ball would be burned down t Vmuo Chanare Indicated Judge Wilson appeared imtlined to luten to yanderveer s argument and intimated that he would be disposed : to grant a second change or venue. carrying th case to Tacoma. Wash- providing Vanderveer could) present sufficient legal precedent or author ity. Judge Wilson said he knew of no law permitting a second i change. but also Intimated he saw some truth In Vanderveer's claim, of prejudice. He then' gave Vanderveer tintil-to morrow morning to gather lie gal au thority for the change. Plan fr State Owned Indus tries Assured by Order of jHigh Tribunal BONDISSUES HELD VALID Control of Flour Mills -and utno, industries Declared " t Public Demand BISMARCK. X..D.. Jan. 2. The state supreme court today held valid and constitutional the state laws pro viding lor a state industrial program. The decpon validities bond for the inauguration and mainte nance of tate owned industries and enterprisM within the scope of the program J Chief Justice A. M. Chris tiansen absented. , The adSon was a friendly suit brought igainst the state and -the state indBtrial commission by four farmers. ' The muority opinion holds that the constitutional amendments under which th ton-partisan league admin istration b carrying out its industrial program. ere legally adoptetl and are themHtves- constitutional. ; It up holds thf fights of the state to en gage in BKtness and it is held that "the bulliibg and operating of state owned elerators, floqr mills and oth er state isi as tries in question is for a public itrpose. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. Efforts to break the peace treaty tleadlock in the' senate were renewed today as senators of both parties began re turning from their holiday trips pre paratory to the re-convening on Mon day of Congress. The only surface developments t-o indicate the trend of negotiations were a number of conferences in which Senator Lodge and Senator Hitchcock were prominent figures, though they' did not see one another. All of the conferees declined to go into details, but they- gave an im pression of hopefulness that the day's work had advanced the situation to wards agreement. First Move i Problem. J Who should Tiiane me rirst open move for a compromise, however. 1 continued to be a warmly, debated issues 4 quest ion, each' side apparently man euvering while the negotiations went on under-the surface, to force the other side to be the first to break from its former position . Senator Lodge still maintained that: any compromise move should come from the Democrats and Sena tor Hitchcock insisted that the Ini tiative should be taken by the Repub licans. ' ' Article Ten at Issue. Article ten' continued the crux of all of the discussions: Next in prom inence was the question of voting power in the league of nations with theJDemocrats apparently determined to make 'some modification in th reservation adopted with the last ses sion by the Republican majority. " The general impression seemed to be that an agreement on article ten would almost end the whole controversy, CURRY RANCHER SUSPECTED OF KILLING FRIEND George Colbrook and Joseph Johnson Quarrel While Re turning From Crescent FORMAL INQUEST CALLED 10,000 WORD QUESTION IS PUT AS HYPOTHESIS Brooding Over Parentage and Peculiar. Acts Brought Out by Defense Chicago Police Bag More Than450'Reds While Portland, Seattle and Other Pacific Coast Towns Swell Total Arrests to Neighborhood of 4000 . Port Orford Man Thought to Have Died From Effects of Blow at Head M-4RSHFIELD, Or.. Jan. 2. A warrant was Issued today for the ar rest of George Colbrook, wealthy stockman of Corbln, Ore., following the death of Joseph Johnson of Port : Orford .from the effects of a blow on the head from a brick alleged to have been thrown by Colbrook last Monday. The two men, -according to information given the coroner and sheriff, had been to Crescent City, Cal.. together and, had quarreled on the way back. At Col brook's home a fight was alleged to have occurred. An In quest was ordered tonight to be held tomorrow. ' . . COURT HOUSE IS IMPROVED CENSUS COUNT ON IN SALEM EnumeHtors Out at Early Hour Yesterday Report Welcome at Homes ! HUN SHIPS ARE UP FOR AUCTION The centos enumeration began In Salem; in common with all other places In. the United States, yester day. . Early in the morning the enum erators were out ringing the door bells, or knocking on the doors of 1 in Jail here people who can t anoru io maintain doorbells. ! A large amount ow territory was Red Re-Arrested After Breaking Federaljail DENVER. Colo.. Jan. 2 Carl Jen sen, enemy alien, and alleged I.W ag- iitator, who made a sensational en- cape from the federal internment camp at Fort DouglaA, Utah, on Christmas eve, 1918. by slipping the highly .charged electrical wires which surrounded the camp, was arrested in Silverton, Colo., a month ago and brought to the Denver county Jail shortly afterwards, according to an announcement made today by depart ment of Justice officials. He now Is School Superintendent Moves and Recorder's ' Depart ment Enlarged LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Jan. 2. Harry New was insane when he shot bis fiancee, Fred lesser. Dr. Ross, Moore, noted alienist, testified here today in the trial of New for alleged murder. pr. Moore said he believed when New shot Miss lesser he was "un able to distinguish between right and wrong and was unable to appreciate the character and consequences of the act." The witness was subjected to a cross examination by Thomas Lee Woolwine. district attorney for near ly four hours but held to his opinion of New's irresponsible mentally for for the alleged crime. gucntion is IO.OOO Words. Dr. Moore expressed his opinion In answer to a approximately 10,000 words, said, by attorneys to be one of the longest ever aked in court. The reading of it required two hours and two minutes. . This question recited the life his tory of New, as disclosed by the vol uminous testimony. It set out that New was the alleged illegitimate son of Senator Harry G. New of Indiana and Mrs. Lillie M. Burger; that he bad been weak and sickly and had brooded over the "unfortunate cir cumstances of his birth." Peculiar Act Narrated. Numerous alleged peculiar acts of New were stated including bis tak- ! ( At JO. Jan. 2. Keportx from thirty-five oities at inidniglit slMnveo thai 4,020 ratlicaU hal leen arrested a follows: New York 00; ChU acro 4.'0; Jersey Citv 410; Newark 320; Detroit 400 Thila-cMi-liia 200; ii.ckforil,Jlls.,18:; Nashua 150; Buffalo 136; Boston 100; Kansas iiy 100; Milkaukee U.S; Trenton 75; Manchester, N. V.t . &": SpringfieldMass., 55; "Worcester; Ma ss 50; Lynn, 46; Pateron 40; Vvelan.l :i5; Lowell 30; Oakland 25; Baltimore 24; Haverhill,' 21 P;ttsburKh 21; Portland, Ore., 20; Ixniisville 20; Holyoke 20; l)s Moines 16; Youngstown, Ohio, 16; Bridgeport, Conn., 15; St, Taul 0; Lawrence 8: Toledo 8; Waterhury 7; Denver 9; St. Louis 2b i liim ajolis 4; East St. Louis 6; Los Angeles 1.' . WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. The greatest round-up'of radicals in the nation's history, was conducted tonight by the. government act- . ing through department of justice agents in '33 cities reaching from floast to coast. - J At midnight reports indicated that more tha .1,500 memhera of the ernntiinnisfe 'and communist labor party, against whom the raids were directed, were in custodv. and department of justice officials Kotheucal quesuon of i pressed the opinion that daylight wotdd see twice that number be- , iliiMl wie uars. - , . - . Not alone was the round-up the largest yet conducted by the government in its efiort to rid the country of radicalism,' but in the view, of officials, this wasthe most thoroughly carried out. Depart ment of justice agents had been instructed several days ago and at lline o'clock tonight the move was begun on the radical headquarters, whether iu Portland Maine, or in Portland, Oregon. I New York Eaid Thorough. , - t j Department of justice agents were directed to catch, the, Radi cals, "with the goods on," arid that these directions were carried out was evidenced in reports particularly from New York, where the offices of communist newspapers were raided, and from New Eng land where considerable literature prepared for dissemination by the two narties was seiied. . '" . ; , . -' , miii niiiiuiuiura, -a intr uuiaiiimg ox eviuence upon wmcn me ae partment of labor might proceed with the deportation, of undesirables - The biggest "bag" of radicals was made in New York, where at water, while clad In his undercloth; lug and socks. Another act described was his al leged catchine of crabs with the ex- , ' . . . . t pressed intention of "taking them' Improvements that have long been jPome Rn dtamlng them. Much stress was laid on acts indicating a delusion he was followed by enemies. IhirtV rormer bermatl Pat- eovered for the first day and ebm erators report inai ai musi umes jenger Vessels to Be v By Government Jan. 2.4Th!rty passenger United Stjates en Sold ships .WASHINGTON, former German . seized when the tered the war included the levia than, the largest i vessel afloat, the Agamemnon. George Washington and others which were the pridie of the iiermaa merchant marine, were of ' feredT for sale today by the shipping board. Proposal tor the purchase of the vessel, which maybe filed up to January 20. will be received only from .American buyers and must In elude a pledge to use the chips on lines designated by. the board. v Decision of the board to offer the former German liners for feale was determined principally ' by' fthe cost or re-conditioning tjhem fori passen ger service. Chairman ayne said. they were welcome and no objections made to the very personal questions they bad tdask. j It is estimated' that about 13 days will be, required to . cover the! city and the" rural territory around Sa lem should be covered In a month. OREGON LABOR IS SHORT v ... .. r J- j MILLS WORK MORE LOGS ARE NEEDED ONE SHIFT MARSIlFIELI,jOr.. Jan 2 W. J,Rust governonient employment agent, today declared that if more loggers could be obtained in Coos county there would be employment for many more men In jthemills Rust Mid two. 1 probably three sawmills are operating only eight hours. j day and! that the mills w-ould increase their on tout with a night shift if loes for the cutting could be obtained.! j , Rust further said thar! loggers receive higher pay in Washington a,nd on the Columbia' rivier than tney do here by practically a dol lar a day and that 25 men quit at Powers Just before Chrlskmas to go to -work in the camns in Wash ington.', I , .4 Bryan Again Aspires to Presidential Murdered C'Uapses As He Climbs on Scaffold Seat DETROIT. Mich., Jan. 2. Wililam Bryan will be entered in Michi gan's presidential primary as a candi date for indorsement as Democratic nominee for president, according to local friends ef the former secretary of state. !' Petitions in his favor, which will require only 100 names, will be In SAN QUENTIN. Cal., Jan; 2. La fayette Newell, 36, slayer of Mrs. Mary Reeves at Somerset, Eldorado county, October 3. 1919," was hanged for the crime at 10:16 a. m. today, lie was pronounced dead at 10:27. Newell collapsed twice on the gallows'. circulation shortly. It was said. primaries will be held April" 5. Tacoma Capitalist Gets High Bank Appointment TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 2. Ralph S, Stacy, president of the national bank of Tacoma, has accepted the post as president of the Scandinavian Bank of Seattle, it was announced today. Mr. Stacy had charge of all government bond sales here during the war and is one of the best known needed are being made at the county courth ouse in the Improvement of the office room of Mrs. Mildred Rob ertson Brooks, county recorder, and WaJter M. Smith, county superin tendent of schools. A portion is being cut, off of the i tax collecting department on the .south side of the rear corridor on the first floor and is to be occupied by the county school superintendent. Vastly increased business has made necessary an enlargement of ithe county renwr'r ,'"ccn. A Dortion of the corridor leading to the door of the school superintendent's pres ent office is to be partitioned off and made part of that office. A brick archway will connect the office with the office of the county recorder and both apartments will be occupied by Recorder Brooks. RECORD IS SET IN RAIL DEFICIT I ll l i T Gross Revenues for Month of November Show Increase Over Last Year. HOWELL TRIALS, EAT UP MONEY Bandon Youth, Accused of i 'Slaying Girl Is Scheduled - for Third Trial midnight more than 300 had been arrested, and sent to Ellis Island, Yjom a dozen New England cities, 300 or more of the communists were gathered and in Detroit the raiders found plentiful supply, taking about 300 into custody- Chicago and Philadelphia supplied more than 120 and Uuffalo alwrnt lOO." A larger riumber th.iin any previous i Hid was reported f rom practically all of the cities. Tvhe i bankers in the northwest. He will Hake up his new work January 14. GRAND JURY INDICTS FOUR IN REPORT MADE TO COURT YESTERDAY r MARSHFIEXD. Or.. i. 2. A Statement was issued today b the clerk- of the circuit court of the cost of the two trials of Harold lloweir. ! the Han don boy accused of having slain Lillian Leuthold. a 16-year-old last July! The first trial cost about 12.000 and the second trial about S2500. i The prosecuting attorney has ap plied for a third trial., which will probably come up at the opening of the February term of the circuit court. The boy ha been in jail since lart July and must remain there un 01 the next trial, bail not being allowed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. The gov-! ernment deficit from railroad opera tion during November will be approx imately 164.500.000, a low record for the-, year, according to figures made ptfblic tonight by the bureau of railroad economics. Net operating income for the mMilh was estimated to have fallen below 120,000,000 which the bureau of economics de clared to be the lowest in 30 . years when computed on a basis of per centage. of investment. Gross revenues for the month were estimated at close to S4u6,OO0,000. This figure 'is only slightly below the high mark of a year ago but the heavy expenses,' due in part to the coal strike which also reduced the revenues, left as net little of the op erating revenus. The governemnt'3 net loss, the b- reau estiated, on the basis of inter state commerce commission figures jhas teached $548,000,000 in the 23 months of railroad operation. The bureau placed the loss ? for the 11 months of 1919 at more than $331, 000,000. ; rour bills of indictment were re turned by the Marion county grand jury in a report to the coujit made shortly befors noon yesterday. The for burglary, two counts; John Wy att. statutory offense: Elvis Pulley and forma Owens, for stealing. Owens immediately was arraigned and pleaded mi) ty. He wll be sen tenced a week from todajk Wyatt probably will be arraigned today and vagner tigo may be arraigned at the same time. All the men are in custody with the exception of Pulley who is out on bonds. .No secret indictments were re turned by the jury. .Its deliberations however, have not been completed, and another report may be made today.- It is understood several crim inal cases still occupy the attention of the jurors, and investigations of the, state institutions for theVfeeble minded and of three rural (Continued on page 2) Non-Partisan Leaguers Arrange For Elections FARGO, N. D.. Jan. 2. National Non-Partisan "teague i members In North Dakota will hold their precinct meetings Friday. January 30, after a call issued here byjthe league, it was announced today. ; Precinct com mitteenjen and delegates to county conventions wlU be elected. Trt other dance, states where the leagu Is organlzd the precinct meetings will be held January 23. j Smelt Takes Rap at High Cost of Living PORTLAND. Or.. Jan. 2. Smelt have entered the Cowlitz river and the first supplies were brought to Portland marks today. The run of smelt is an annual event at cities on the lower Columbia river and its tributaries, and this year it has start ed at an unusually early date. NEW YORK. Jan. tefs of communists and communist newspapers were raided simultan eously by the federal agents sided by police and by soldiers. . Chief Flynn announced that the most val uable information had . been ob tained. About 75 per cent of the prisoners were declared to be Ru sians. The majority of the reds had large amounts of money on their persons, bnt no weapons were found. Kighty per cent of .those taken ad milted membership in the Russian cotnmunist party. Among the radical publications ra(ded was the Novy Mrr. the paper onj which Trotsky worked while in New- York city and. the Communist World. The. radicals . were taken -to the headquarters of the department of jusHce in police patrol wagons and army motor trucks manned ' by doughboys. The largest number secured In single meeting place was at the communist headquarters In Brook lyn, where 130 were taken. in varions communist - headquar ter, meetings were In progress. liicago Officers are Premature j jn connection with the announce ment of the raids tonlcht Attorney General Palmer made public a letter whjcii he had written to Maflay Hcrne. state's attorney for Cook county, at Chicago, in which Mr. 11 ayne was requested to defer-the lo calj raid conducted there last night Mi. Palmer explained In bis letter that the department of justice had planned a nation-wide campaign against the fame people which were tojbe raided by Mr. Hoyne's agents 2. Headquar-1 in Chicago. Department officials said they were without information as to why the Chicago raid went through last night when Mr. Hoyne had full information as to the plans of federal agents to Co the same work tonight. ' Advance emissaries were in many cities, boring into labor organization which hitherto hive been noted for their conservatism. Literature ob tained by federal agents made it ftp apparent that the communist . lead ers were concentrating on plans to J obtain control of well founded labor groups. Through this me hod they were to exert their power politically and to put forward candidate which' would be regarded by government of ficials a nothing more than- de structive elements within the pres ent government. The communist labor group .was said to have directed its propaganda more generally among the foreign element of citizenry. . t - Chicajrn ClcttJj-l'p Through CHICAGO, an. 2. Aproximately 100 were arrested tonight. One hun dred policemen. t federal agents and 30 United States deputy . msr shalsparttcipated. Hundreds or warrants for Individ uals bad been issued. Chief of Police Garrity today told Prosecutor Hoyne that the pollco de partment would cooperate. Tonight Mayor Thompson a!d he did not consider the "red situation AMITY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS EXPERIENCE OF PROMISING OIL B001 The people of the neighborhood of Amity, on the west side of tbe Wil lamette river, and only a dozen miles away from Salem .are enjoying the sensations of an oil boom. . t Portland capitalists who are bor ing for oil there hare struck a pock et of gas 1600 feet below the surface and experts say th,is is an infallN ble Indication of oil. I It has been known for a long tim that there were seepages of oil in the St, Joe neighborhood, west of Amity, and the oil there collects on leaves and renders them easy to burn There are thousands of oil wells in California. There is oil in almost unlimited quantities in Alaska. It would be strange if oil in paying flow were never found in Oregon. A great many people think It will be. Perhaps' the results of the boring at Amity may bring abont the Oregon oil boom that so many people have been dreaming about for so long. (Continued on page 2) TWO 0LC0TTS RELATED COUSINS, SAYS ACTOR . . BEN AND CH AUNCEY MEET Cbauncey Olcott. eminent sint er and actor, who appeared In Sa lem last night, insists that he and Governor Olcott are cousins. They met Tor the first time in the state executive offices yesterday and the singer extended to the governor the privilege of calling him Chauncey. , The stage celebrity is serious when he insists that the two are relatives. "All of the Olcotts." he said. reT?ted."nme8 b8l Wllh re Mr. Olcott was shown about the city yesterday afternoon by Ward en R. E. U Stelner of the state penrtentiary and commented en thusiastically on the well-kelt . Mffia th 'tat?